Visvaksena-samhita [sanskrit]

33,819 words | ISBN-13: 9788179070383

The Sanskrit text of the Visvaksena-samhita, an ancient Vaishnava Agama, belonging to the Pancaratra tradition. An important topic discussed in the Samhita is that Aniruddha created Brahma and Brahma created all the men and women of the four castes. Visvaksena (lit. “lord of hosts”) is a sort of chief minister to God in all heavenly and mundane affairs. Alternative titles: Viśvaksenāsaṃhitā (विश्वक्सेनासंहिता), Viśvaksenā-saṃhitā (विश्वक्सेना-संहिता), Vishvaksenasamhita, Vishvaksena, Visvaksenasamhita.

Verse 15.116

दक्षिणां गुरवे दद्यात् यजमानो यथाबलम् ।
अन्यथाकृतमेतच्चेत् सर्वं राष्ट्रं विनश्यति ॥ 116 ॥

dakṣiṇāṃ gurave dadyāt yajamāno yathābalam |
anyathākṛtametaccet sarvaṃ rāṣṭraṃ vinaśyati || 116 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 15.116 is contained in the book The Pancaratra Agamas (an Introduction) by Swami Harshananda. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

Buy now! English translation by Swami Harshananda (2002)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (15.116). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dakshina, Guru, Yajamana, Yathabalam, Sarvam, Sarva, Rashtra, Vina, Shyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 15.116). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “dakṣiṇāṃ gurave dadyāt yajamāno yathābalam
  • dakṣiṇām -
  • dakṣiṇā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • gurave -
  • guru (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • dadyāt -
  • (verb class 3)
    [optative active third single]
  • yajamāno* -
  • yajamāna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaj -> yajamāna (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √yaj class 1 verb]
  • yathābalam -
  • yathābalam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “ anyathākṛtametaccet sarvaṃ rāṣṭraṃ vinaśyati
  • Cannot analyse *anyathākṛtametaccet*sa
  • sarvam -
  • sarvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • rāṣṭram -
  • rāṣṭra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rāṣṭra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vina -
  • vina (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vina (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śyati -
  • śā -> śyat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √śā class 4 verb]
    śā -> śyat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √śā class 4 verb]
    śā (verb class 4)
    [present active third single]
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